I've already booked my flight home
As ominous as the title sounds, this is simply what life is like on your year abroad if you are doing more than one language. You have to...
Beirut: A New Home?
When you need a visa to visit a country, you realise you’ve strayed far from the nest. When you’re not sure what address to put on it,...
...Shukran? Linguistic enigmas, birthday celebrations and A Royal Night Out
The surprise lion birthday cake my housemate Bilal gave me on the day in question I had a birthday - I'd like to thank all those who sent...
200 students, 8 new discoveries and 1 thoroughly underqualified English teacher
After our Eid break, as I started to settle into a routine, I thought I might like to see some schools in Amman from the inside, possibly...
Rhythms of life
When is the point where you know that you've officially moved somewhere (if temporarily)? Is it when the locals stop laughing at your...
Barceloner or plaça of paradise?
It wasn’t long after arriving in Barcelona that I thought I may have made the wrong choice. In fact, the thought occurred to me on my...
First week of school over...time for a week off
What an amazing week for the three of us in Jordan. I was lucky enough to be scooped up by the general organising enthusiasm of my two...
Amman - 2 weeks in - Transport tribulations and secret corners
2 weeks into a 4 month sojourn in the land of Lawrence and I'd say that at least some of the things that started off as difficult and...
From Stansted to the Sahara in two months
من ستنستد الى الصحراء في شهرين The time had finally come to pack up everything we owned, or at least the stuff that covered our knees and...
Amman - Day 2 - Citadelia and trying to find some grass
Photo from yesterday's trip to see the Citadel Day 2: Amman, Jordan Being in the city remains an incredibly strange experience. Going to...
